Genetic variation in B cell-activating factor of the TNF family (BAFF) and asthma exacerbations among African American subjects

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 996-999.e6

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Williams, L Keoki ^b   Kato, Atsushi ^a   Peterson, Edward L ^b   Favoreto Jr , Silvio ^a   Hulse, Katie ^a   Wang, Deli ^c   Beckman, Kenneth ^d   Thyne, Shannon ^e   LeNoir, Michael ^f   Meade, Kelley ^g   Lanfear, David E ^b   Levin, Albert M ^b   Favro, David ^b   Yang, James J ^b   Weiss, Kevin ^a   Boushey, Homer A ^e   Grammer, Leslie ^a   Avila, Pedro C ^a   Burchard, Esteban G ^e   Schleimer, Robert ^a   more..

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Bay Area Pediatrics   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 24; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID INDUCIBLE PROTEIN I;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84869119669     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.04.047     Document Type: Article

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